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To determine how the frequency of childhood respiratory and diarrheal illnesses affects linear and ponderal growth increments from birth to age three.

July 1, 1977American Journal of Public HealthOpen Access

Morbidity and growth of infants and young children in a rural Mexican village.

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DCDeanne Condon‐PaoloniUniversity of Wollongong JCJ CraviotoUniversity College Hospital FJFrancis E. JohnstonUniversity of the Sciences

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Cohort study reveals frequent diarrheal infection impairs weight gain without altering linear growth in young children, highlighting illness-specific impacts on physical development.

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To determine how the frequency of childhood respiratory and diarrheal illnesses affects linear and ponderal growth increments from birth to age three.
Tracked a 13-month birth cohort of 276 children from birth to three years of age.
Assessed annual increments in length and weight relative to high versus low frequencies of reported illness periods.
Stratified analysis by the presence of preexisting growth failure, which was identified in 72 of the 276 children.
Upper and lower respiratory infections did not impair annual incremental gains in length or weight.
High frequency of diarrheal infection reduced weight gain without affecting linear height gain, leading affected children to achieve only 95% of expected body weight at age three.
Children with both preexisting growth failure and high diarrheal frequency achieved only 90% of expected body weight at age three.

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Condon‐Paoloni et al. (1977) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d2de65b7fddc35204f17a https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.67.7.651

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Cohort study reveals frequent diarrheal infection impairs weight gain without altering linear growth in young children, highlighting illness-specific impacts on physical development.

Morbidity and growth of infants and young children in a rural Mexican village.

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Morbidity and growth of infants and young children in a rural Mexican village.

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